| COGNAC | An alcoholic spirit, a nog perhaps, kept in small quantity (6) |
| FLIP | A snap with a finger and thumb; a toss/spin of a coin or a pancake; a pleasure-flight; a somersault; or, a nog of beer and spirits, traditionally frothed/heated with a red-hot iron (4) |
| CRUMB | Caught bachelor consuming alcoholic spirit a small bit (5) |
| SAVING | Rescuing Beaujolais perhaps kept in sink (6) |
| LETTER | A missive penned by an epistolarian; a literal meaning, as opposed to the spirit; a symbol in an alphabet; or, a style of typeface (6) |
| CHRISM | Holy oil in church is kept in small room (6) |
| FLAMBE | Of food, doused with an alcoholic spirit and briefly set alight before serving (6) |
| COYOTE | Wild dog old Yankee kept in small shelter (6) |
| SMUTTY | Filthy dog kept in small yard (6) |
| SIDCUP | Papers kept in small trophy somewhere in London |
| TRUISM | End of statement is, in spirit, a platitude (6) |
| UNDINE | Spirit a Parisian gets before feast (6) |
| SPRITE | Spirit a priest might conjure up (6) |
| DAEMON | Spirit - a small measure fellow's consumed |
| METAXA | Brand of Greek amber spirit, a blend of wines and botanicals (6) |
| RAFFLE | Draw spirit a long way up? (6) |
| METTLE | The spirit a man of iron may be said to have (6) |
| NOGGIN | ____ The Nog, fictional character in a BBC TV series, originally broadcast 1959-65 (6) |
| REGENT | Referring to spirit, a queen (6) |
| SHORTS | Drams of spirits; a mixture of bran and coarse flour; brief films; or, a garment worn for athletics, cycling or warm weather (6) |
